As you know, Chrome, owned by Google, is the world’s most popular web browser. It is indispensable for users with its simple interface and functional plugins. Google also offers an incognito tab option for Chrome. Users used to be able to make searches anonymously. However, with the lawsuit filed in recent years, it was revealed that this was not the case and the company was sued. Today, there was an important development regarding this lawsuit. So much so that Google agreed to delete user data.
Google will delete data of incognito tab users
According to the lawsuit, Google was said to be secretly tracking people while they thought they were surfing the web privately. The lawsuit proved that the company was indeed tracking users. The company even acknowledged that the websites visited were being recorded by updating the information text in the incognito tab. Today, the company took another step to get rid of the lawsuit.
According to the information reported, Google has agreed to delete billions of data records belonging to people who use incognito tabs in an agreement with the plaintiffs’ law firms. In addition, under the agreement, users will be able to block third-party cookies in incognito mode for 5 years.
The terms of this agreement were filed in federal court in Oakland, California, USA. If approved by US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the company will delete all the data it holds.
According to the information obtained, this settlement is worth more than 5 billion dollars, but the technology giant will not pay any compensation to the plaintiffs. However, users will be able to file individual lawsuits against the company. Lawyers are planning to ask the company to pay for legal costs.
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